Recycled Materials Come to Life!

We found an artist creating sculptured creatures from reclaimed tin. Will Wagenaar, has been a professional artist since 1972.

"In 1993 he opened a very experimental storefront on Miami Beach where he twisted all manner of found materials into new usable objects and fine art. A couple of years later the concept expanded to The Miami Design District. That larger workshop and gallery showcased over a dozen artist's work in reclamation art. Furnishings of all types, home accessories and fine art were displayed. Everything in the gallery was made of at least 80% recycled materials."

POSY - A Fresh And Flowery Robot Dog

 

POSY measures: 12" tall, 7" wide and 10" long, a vintage Dutch tin is the body

RUSTY - A Robot Dog Assemblage

 

RUSTY measures: 16" tall, 6" wide and 18" long, a vintage lunchbox is the body

PRECIOUS - A Robot Girl Jewelry Box

PRECIOUS measures: 14" tall and 8" wide, Her feet are vintage, bronzed baby shoes, 

with an antique clock key in back

Check out more of Will's work here

Recycled Lanterns

Portable lighting devices used to illuminate broad areas, lanterns are the perfect addition to any room, indoor or outdoor.

Here is a collection of handcrafted lanterns re-purposed from existing materials

Recycled Glass Lantern

Image c/o Nkuku

Wine Bottle Lantern

Image c/o Jamie Oliver

Tin Can Lantern

Image c/o 1800recycling

Mason Jar Lantern

Image c/o Chez Beeper Bebe

Recycled Roses

Send some roses to your loved one, not real flowers, the recycled paper kind....

Florali, a Fine Flowers Florist based in Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, CA creates these wonderful recycled rose bouquets which are made from carefully selected pages of old magazines.

Colors come in a choice of cream, coffee, chocolate, cherry, raspberry, lemon, lime, and orange.

What a great idea. Image a wedding bouquet of recycled roses; you'd have your bouquet as a keepsake forever!

Penny Key Chain

We found this on pinterest, and thought what a great idea. Pennies, made into a custom key chain pendant, created by patsdesign

Pennies relating to a lucky year, it could be a birth year, favourite year, year your child was born, year you got married, etc.

Image c/o patsdesign

Recycled Market Business Cards Ready

Keeping to our recycled theme, we purchased a custom made stamp to make our own business cards by stamping recycled card, in this case the back of an empty box of fruit bars, cut to business card size.

One could also stamp the back of cereal boxes, damaged books, greetings cards, discarded paint sample cards..

Repurposed Household Furniture

Most household furniture comes with a lifespan. Before discarding a piece of broken or unwanted furniture, which will no doubt end in landfill, there may be ways to reuse it, by creating 'new' useful, home decor.


Some creative re-purposed furniture ideas found on the www..

Image c/o pinterest

Image c/o lovelylisting

Image c/o recyclart

Image c/o imgfave

Recycle your jars

What to do with all your empty mason jars? A few ideas...

Stars jars via splattered glow paint inside mason jars

image c/o weheartit

 Snowglobe/pincushions. 

Image c/o pepperstitches

Tea in a jar
Image c/o PFE Photography

Pie in a jar
Image c/o a cup of Joe


 Booze in a jar
Image c/o That Kind of Woman 



 

Bunny/Dinosaur jar terrariums (great for kids!)
Image c/o West Coast Crafty